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@ katsumoto. Were you really serious when you posted that we should be content with pictures and visual appraisals? I think not. Why should we subject our leaders to lesser standards of assessment than those internationally accepted? How does ediclove's list apply only to developed cities? Are those not irrudicible minima we should require from them? He did not say those standards should be set for fashola alone but all our leaders. The UN Emphasis is actually on human development and sustainable economic empowerment that helps reduce poverty not just on the glitz and glamour of projects so those indices should be encouraged for these assessments.

@kanto. Please can you direct me to that this day assessment. I really need it for research purposes. How did enugu become the 2nd poorest state, any links?

@ediclove. I an with you here but as i said before. It is still subjective and odds improvement but it is a good start if there are no data available for benchmarking.

@ediclove. Thank you for moving the discussion from a pedestrian to a scientific level. However these are your observations and not weighted against any benchmarks and so are subjective but a good attempt anyhow  it is a good attempt. Do you know he there had been any studies done in nigeria with there developmental indices at the levels of the states? We can also extract other parameter from  the UN indices  used to measure  national developments so we can have a balanced template to assess our leaders at all levels viz-a-viz their  income spread over their 1/  demographics ie  Population, birth rate, life expectancy, population density and rural urban migration. 2  economy eg gdp, erg ie estimated real growth, inflation, gdp capita income, poverty level and poverty line. Others are slum indicators eg safe water sources, improved sanitation, durable housing and mdg tracking. We must access our leaders on these and other internationally recognised  standards in order not to be taken in by their announcements and also in order to challenge them to international standards and by global or regional best practices.

@ Ajanlekoko. I always respect your views but your carpeting of Amaechi based on the fact that you just came from ph is uncharacteristic and to say the least unscientific. As an analyst do you base your assessment of performance on what you see on a visit to a city and pictures or do you pick up certain development indices and do assessment on them? Dont you realise that a visitor to lagos can carpet fashola because he may not see many of his landmark activities on a visit or he may land at areas in lagos that look worse than the bbc documentary scenes? I wish you can use your respected analytical skills and rate the governors scientifically for nl's consumption of course based on transparent and unbiased authoritative research not based on what you just posted.

@ beaf. If those are really contradictions why do you think so many billions still believe it? Why have so many millions died because of and for it? You really think they were all foolish or were blinded by faith ? Have you actually given the Bible the benefit of doubt and sat down to consider the resolution of what you considered contradictions? If you are directed to studies that have done that will you now return to the faith? Saying that you bade farewell to christianity because of unresolved issues in your bible study without seeking other opinions does not sound convincing. You are however entitled to your faith or lack of it as the consequences are yours alone but if you are actually a sincere seeker of truth, you should not shut the door just yet till that search is completed.

If the soldiers actually disobeyed a direct order from their superior, then it is clearly a rebellion and under court martial may receive the death penalty. Nigerian Soldiers still have not come out of the military rule mode when they were the kings. Do they still think that the mad dogs excuse is still tenable under a democracy? They must be punished till they begin to accept the rule of law and not of bullets no matter whose ox is gored else the coup mentality of seeing themselves as saviours of the republic will still be there and push them to play martial music once again on frcn. This must be nipped in the bud.

He dragged in GEJ, OBJ,Patience Jonathan and even the notorious Imo godfathers; Iwuanyanwu,Nzeribe, et al to campaign for him all to no avail. Imolites were as resolute as they come. It was really a people's movement as is happening in the middle East.

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Don't be naive. Are you in another world? At the end of the day, those he will finally choose will come from that list.

My family voted for GEJ and not PDP. See ya 2015. Hahahahaahaha

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@ omo tier. Quite hilarious. Imo pdp seem to be hiding their own list to forestall any riots at the inclusion of Ohakim. Anyhow let them play all the russian roulette. I believe Jonathan will not fall for their obt.

Make no mistake about it. Ohakim's ouster was not just a catholic thing. It was a mass movement. Imolites realised that those chased out of Imo by the otokoto riots had surreptitiously crept into power. Rochas availability provided the required energy, clout and grit to create the needed momentum for the movement that would have been doa due to apathy if an equally suspect ararume had headed the movement. The catholics could have been more agrieved but i doubt if there was any creed that did not see the other side of the 419ners then and now. Imo ppl just have to be vigilant because they will keep trying to come back to power.

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@Eziachi. Sir how is your leg problem doing? I could have come for a hospital visit he i knew the place however i wish your quick recovery. I foot think the things you posted about Ayo are through. I say him recently and did not see any fried hair. Anyway even he times things are true, i an happy that we are getting another pro-active Can president since the days of the Okogie. As much as i do not support a balance of violence, i support strong outspokeness from Can and PfN to check these killings.

The truth is that nigerians have seen so much mis-governance that any average governance with good visions is a lot of fresh air. However i believe that fashola and the few other above average governors are over-hyped. However i have no problem with that. Let's keep getting good governance if over-hype-ing is the price for that.

Nice write-up. Vintage Ndibe

It was a political tsunami in Imo. I called one of ohakim's campaigners was be- moaning all the money he spent to get his man reelected. Quote. It was like a spiritual movement in Imo. Un quote. He regretted not jumping on the Rochas train and said he would find a way back there. Rochas should be wary because those Ohakim's soldiers are looking for their ways into his board room.

This penchant of denominising pdp at every chance on nl has become so laughable. The man has not made his choice yet but already he is being derided. The level of cynicism over gej is such a burden that i hope. I hope there cynics will be mature enough to eat humble pie openly on nl by apology and restitution in the same way they have jumped shamelessly on this anti-pdp and anti-gej bandwagon by 2015 when they see gej's marvels. I do not support any party but know very well that only few nigerian politicians are clean no matter the party. Let's help them with constructive criticisms not all the unnecessary cynicism, pessimism, destructive criticism and downright false propaganda and abusive language. That is what a forum like this ought to contribute to governance.

@dis guy. So let them restore her and then bring the charges of fraud against her in order her to remove her with due process if they can prove it

@ lagacity. True but not completely so. We are still a federation and the federal might can notes be trifled with. The centre has been so much empowered that it can easily frustrate the parts. But if truely all the parts decide to practise true federalism, the centre will have to be stripped of its enormous powers and the states have to be made to hands off the lg s that actually should be the strongest contact with the people.

So where does the real power lie?

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Ume ezeoke was speaker under shagari and ekwueme was vp. Ie ndi igbo them had no 2 and 4 positions then while the sw was nowhere in the first 5 positions. Under Balewa Igbos were no 2 and no 3 sw was nowhere. In the 3rd republic, Igbo was no 4. Under Obj Igbos were no3 and no6 ( Deputy Speaker). It is only under this era that Igbos are not in 1st to 4. So why all this shout of a sell out. Why all the insult by sone sw folks as if se has lost their gold. What do we say about sw all those years they were nowhere to be seen? Why all these cries from some se elements when we really dont know what we  have gained all those years as no2 3 and 4. Why dont we try this sgf thing and see whether it will better our lot and instead keep our focus on 2015 and the no 1 position. Enough of these distractions please.

@ Kokogee. If she was complicit to fraud, why is the court on her side? Till the appeal sets this judhement aside, I am afraid you might be accusing an innocent person falsely. If not bring your proofs else I will not say stfu but rather forever hold your peace. Lol.

@ dem people. I do enjoy your posts and identify with your sentiments in the OP but to irredentists, it will afford them the opportunity of labelling you as mischievious and deceptive and engage in their stock in trade. It might be best to maintain your intellectual purism by modifying the title indicating that it is a paraphrase of a quote and not a direct quote.

Perhaps he is trying to preempt-ly claim the glory of what Rochas will do.

Ho ho ho. Parting gift and large heart indeed more like the greek gift to troy. He dey vex bc of the accounts wey dey don freeze.

Now we are talking. I believe that Rochas will deliver because his eyes are on higher planes and he will have to prove himself by what he does in imo. He appears resolute determined and is an chiever already. The manner in which he mobilized christians to finish the construction of the national ecumenical centre abuja which was left abandoned years after the national mosque had been completed was so energetic. He is a thinker as well as a mobilizer. I think might need to work on the area of his perfectionism. Perfectionists can be tyrannical, thinking only they can do it and so may have problems with delegation of responsibilities. But he should know that imo has brains all over the world and should seek to get them home to help him achieve this manifesto. If necessary he should get brains outside imo like getting ideas from nnaji about his power project. Also he should have plans to network with the other igbo governors for the realisation of the ahiara declaration ie ndigbo do not need to secede to have biafra of the mind actuallised. Also he needs to see that his manifesto dove tails into the wic master plan for the development of alaigbo. Finally he needs to start articulating his manifesto for nigeria using imo as a case study.

@ lagacity. And why are you so authoritative about this and what is the basis of your confidence? If you are not being mischievious, does your post make sense to you when you say that the north that has ruled for 38 years is more qaulified than the se that has gone for just 6 months? Are you folks so intimidated by the north that you will not stand by fairness? If there is anything to learn from 2011, it is the fact that the north cannot always have their way if strong and determined southernes close ranks and stand their ground. The era when the north sneezed everybody caught cold is gone and will remain gone when folks wake up from the pre-2011 slumber and recognise the awesome power and potentials of the new kid on the block,the alliance that enthroned gej despite all the shenanigans, threats, violence and bomb blasts by the north.

While it is a fact that dora is within her rights here especially as the gap between her and ngige was very slim and it could have gone either way, i think ngige is a more strategic representative for ndigbo than dora. Ngige is ndigbo's eye in acn and so far might turn out to be a strong voice in the nation. He stood up to obj and is standing while obj is seriously struggling for relevance. Ouk who also stood up to obj turned out to be a vampire and is also losing relevance. Moreover it will curtail the project of the cabal to castrate igbo men politically and keep throwing up their females that are easier to be neutralised than their men.

@konkolok. Why do you guys try to be too smart that u out smart yourselves? In the same breath you say that an igbo can not succeed an ijaw because he is a fellow southernes and again say you are waiting for a fashola presidency. I guess it will soon be proved that fashola originally hailed from kwara.

@favoured. Wetin person no go see for this nl. So nl tribalists have reduced issues to my insult hurts you more than yours does me. Administrators need to make chemod of the conditions for registration. Are we in kindergaten here?